The Eighteenth Century: The Intellectual and Cultural Context of English Literature 1700-1789

By James Sambrook

Book Overview

This is an impressive and lucid survey of eighteenth-century intellectual life. It reflects on some of the dominant themes of the period, arguing against such labels as 'Augustan Age', 'Age of Enlightenment' and ' Age of Reason', which have been attached to the eighteenth-century by critics and historians.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0582219264
• ISBN13: 9780582219267
• Release Date: November 1993
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"